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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new genkernel problem
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2020 16:14:03
Message-Id: 20200606171346.5584283e@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] new genkernel problem by Dale
1 On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 10:13:56 -0500, Dale wrote:
2
3 > >> If you do copy yours manually to /boot, what command do you use for
4 > >> dracut?  Maybe I'm doing it a hard way or something and you have a
5 > >> easier method. 
6 > > cd /usr/src/linux
7 > > make all modules_install install
8 > > dracut --kver=$(cat include/config/kernel.release)
9 > >
10 > > It doesn't get much easier ;-)
11
12
13 > From what I've read, I like my way better.  I did have to change the
14 > names from bzimage* to kernel* but other than that, I can use the naming
15 > method I've used for years and keep the good kernels I want.
16
17 make install names the kernels vmlinuz-$VERSION, and updates a symlink to
18 vmlinuz if one exists.
19
20 > On
21 > occasion I remove outdated ones I no longer plan to use.  I still wish I
22 > didn't need the init thingy but still.
23
24 make install doesn't remove anything, that's your job!
25  
26 > My biggest problem, getting the dracut command options right.  If I
27 > didn't need dracut, I'd be in heaven. 
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29 If you have a plain setup, dracut shouldn't need any options.
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32 --
33 Neil Bothwick
34
35 Two rights don't make a wrong, they make an airplane.

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Re: [gentoo-user] new genkernel problem Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>